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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Real Romney — The purpose of the Republican convention is to introduce America to the real Mitt Romney. Fortunately, I have spent hours researching this subject. I can provide you with the definitive biography and a unique look into the Byronic soul of the Republican nominee:
John Cook / Gawker:
Leader of Army Plot to Assassinate Obama Apparently Attended the 2008 Republican Convention as a Page — Isaac Aguigui, the Army private and alleged ringleader of a plot to assassinate Barack Obama and “take over” Ft. Stewart in Georgia, apparently served as a page at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minnesota.
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Jennifer A. Dlouhy / Texas on the Potomac:
Republicans reach rules change deal to avert floor fight with Texans, Ron Paul backers — 2012 Republican National Convention — Republican leaders moved Monday to quell an uprising by Texans and Ron Paul supporters that threatened to steal the spotlight from GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney …
Erick Erickson / RedState:
GOP Rules Committee Rapidly Moving to Shut Out Grassroots at 2:00 p.m. Today
GOP Rules Committee Rapidly Moving to Shut Out Grassroots at 2:00 p.m. Today
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Conservatives4Palin, BuzzFeed, The Gateway Pundit and FreedomWorks blogs
Daniel Strauss / Twitter Room:
Samuel L. Jackson asks why GOP ‘spared’ by tropical storm
Samuel L. Jackson asks why GOP ‘spared’ by tropical storm
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Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler, americanthinker.com, Gawker and Twitchy
Colleen Nelson / Washington Wire:
Who Is Thursday's Mystery Convention Speaker? — TAMPA, Fla. - Republican convention planners appear to have a surprise planned for those tuning in Thursday night. — Buried deep in the convention schedule released Monday is a vague reference to a mystery speaker scheduled for the event's final evening.
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Townhall.com, JustOneMinute, Hot Air, Wake up America, Outside the Beltway, The Lonely Conservative and Saint Petersblog
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
A Mystery Speaker for Thursday? ... Could It Be... Her? — From the Tuesday edition of the Morning Jolt, now in the hands of the editors, and soon on its way to you... The more you think about the idea, the more it makes sense - whatever controversy and intense reactions Sarah Palin …
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Balloon Juice
Scott Stump / TODAY on the Trail:
Chris Christie: I think Romney ‘wishes he could take back’ birther joke — Chris Christie believes if Mitt Romney could re-do his recent recent birth certificate joke, he'd take it back. — Romney made a reference to the “birther” debate — the movement that questions President Obama's citizenship …
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The Agonist, The Maddow Blog and The Hinterland Gazette
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Priorities USA does the disappointment ad — Priorities USA Action is releasing a new commercial today spotlighting a woman who says she was “duped by Mitt Romney” - and not because of his work at Bain Capital. — Back up a minute. One of the staples of Republican messaging this cycle …
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Jammie Wearing Fools, CNN and Washington Wire
Lois Romano / Reuters:
Ann Romney's RNC task: Humanize Mitt
Ann Romney's RNC task: Humanize Mitt
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TheBlaze.com and Election 2012
CNN:
Source: Former Sen. Arlen Specter battling for his life — (CNN) — Former longtime U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter was battling for his life early Tuesday after he was recently diagnosed with a “serious form of cancer,” a source close to his office told CNN. — Specter, who has overcome numerous …
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Morning Call, PennLive.com and Hotline On Call
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Dan Gross / Philly.com:
Arlen Specter confirms he is battling cancer, says he ‘intends to win’ — UPDATE: Arlen Specter's office confirmed Tuesday morning that the former U.S. Senator is once again fighting cancer. “I am battling cancer, and it's another battle I intend to win,” Specter said in a statement issued by his office.
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Washington Post
Dan Gross / Philly.com:
Arlen Specter hospitalized with a serious illness, friends confirm
Arlen Specter hospitalized with a serious illness, friends confirm
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Scared Monkeys and Outside the Beltway
Quinnipiac University:
McMahon By A Nose In Close Connecticut Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Obama Tops Romney By 7 Points — Connecticut likely voters put Republican former wrestling executive Linda McMahon on the right side of a 49 - 46 percent too-close-to-call U.S. Senate race against Democratic U.S …
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Firedoglake, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Metropolis and Hotline On Call
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Chris Matthews defends attack on Priebus: GOP ‘dividing country along racial lines’ — TAMPA — In an emotional interview with POLITICO tonight, MSNBC host Chris Matthews defended his spirited attack against RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, in which he alleged that the Republican party was guilty …
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Mediaite, Ed Driscoll, The Hinterland Gazette, The Other McCain, Hot Air and The Hill
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Priebus on Chris Matthews: ‘He Made the Case for Us.’
Priebus on Chris Matthews: ‘He Made the Case for Us.’
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Politico, NewsBusters.org, Mediaite, “The Lid”, Hot Air and The Moderate Voice
New York Times:
Court Rules Israel Wasn't at Fault in U.S. Activist's Death — HAIFA, Israel — An Israeli judge ruled on Tuesday that the state bore no responsibility for the death of Rachel Corrie, the young American woman who was run over by a military bulldozer in 2003 as she protested housing demolitions in the Gaza Strip.
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Guardian, The Volokh Conspiracy and Boing Boing
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Yonah Jeremy Bob / Jerusalem Post:
Haifa court rules against Rachel Corrie family
Haifa court rules against Rachel Corrie family
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Ricochet Conversations Feed, Israel Matzav, Blazing Cat Fur and blogs.telegraph.co.uk
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Newt to Chris Matthews: Your thinking can be pretty racist, you know — Via News Busters, you'll enjoy watching Matthews being given a taste of his own medicine but this clip is more useful as a demonstration of why it's pointless for the two sides to talk to each other.
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nation.foxnews.com
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Bloomberg:
Republicans Should Stop Talking About Moocher Class
Republicans Should Stop Talking About Moocher Class
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Hullabaloo and FishbowlDC
Geoffrey Dickens / NewsBusters.org:
Newt Takes it to Chris Matthews on His ‘Racist Thinking’
Newt Takes it to Chris Matthews on His ‘Racist Thinking’
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Politico, The Lonely Conservative, Scared Monkeys and The Gateway Pundit
Politico:
Who's on the inside track for a Romney Cabinet — Mitt Romney said his Cabinet and White House staff will be stacked with men and women from the business world, but his top advisers sketched out for POLITICO a team compromised of many familiar faces in Washington.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Maddow Blog and Riehl World News
Reuters:
GOP still fretting over Mitt's image — TAMPA, Fla. — Mitt Romney signaled in weekend interviews that he is brushing off advice that he attempt a public image makeover this week to make himself more likable and more connected to voters at the human level. — Some of the most experienced …
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James Bennet / The Atlantic Online:
Karl Rove on the Defection of White Democrats
Karl Rove on the Defection of White Democrats
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Lean Forward and The Raw Story
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Sarah Palin: Dems addicted to ‘hope-ium’ — Sarah Palin on Monday said Democrats who “still have that addiction to the hope-ium” President Barack Obama peddled four years ago need to “open their eyes” and vote for Mitt Romney this November. — “Some of us had [Obama] pegged four years ago.
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The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers
BuzzFeed:
Romney Camp Bets On Welfare Attack — Their most powerful weapon, a top aide says. “We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers,” says Newhouse. — Source: youtube.com — Mitt Romney's aides explained with unusual political bluntness today why they are spending heavily …
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US Politics and Jay Bookman
Russ Bynum / Associated Press:
Prosecutor: Ga. murder case uncovers terror plot … LUDOWICI, Ga. (AP) — Four Army soldiers based in southeast Georgia killed a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that stockpiled assault weapons and plotted a range of anti-government attacks, prosecutors told a judge Monday.
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Outside the Beltway, Talking Points Memo, CANNONFIRE, Hot Air, his vorpal sword, Gawker, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Raw Story and The Agonist
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CNBC:
US Consumer Confidence Tumbles to 9-Month Low — U.S. consumer confidence unexpectedly weakened in August to its lowest in nine months as Americans turned more pessimistic about the short-term outlook, according to a private sector report released on Tuesday.
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Riehl World News
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Gov. Jan Brewer: Obama is race-baiting — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says President Barack Obama is race-baiting and pandering for the Hispanic vote, while at the same time accusing Republicans of being “bigots.” — “It's all the time, that we're race-baiting; it's all the time, you know …
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Security at the RNC: George Orwell Meets a ‘Call of Duty’ Cityscape — At a defining civic event, the establishment is insulated by an army of police officers from protesters camping unseen on a far away corner. — Reuters — Deep inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum …
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The Raw Story, The Daily Beast and Prairie Weather